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Cox, a talented sprinter before a stroke in May 2014, set a new world record of 34.598 seconds when winning the C4-5 cycling time trial in Rio.

She also won silver in the T35-38 4x100m relay and bronze in the T38 100m.

"I want to be in Tokyo," she added. "I want to defend my titles and I want to change these medals into gold medals."

Cox's more immediate targets are the 2017 Para Athletics World Championships in London and 2018 Commonwealth Games on Australia's Gold Coast, the latter of which will include 38 para-sport medal events.

"I cannot look at four-year cycles because of the nature of my condition, I look at yearly cycles," she said.

"I hope that I can get from year to year, so my next aim is for London in 2017, then I'll look at the Commonwealths and then I'll think about Tokyo."